Church/Chapel

St. Andrews and Netherfield
St. Andrew's (below left) was built on the site of the old St. Paul's Methodist chapel, which was rotten with woodworm and had to be demolished. St. Paul's and the Netherfield Congregational Church amalgamated into the new St.Andrews Methodist/United Reform Church and Netherfield was converted into modern dwellings. The new church is modern and bright inside and used to have a lady minister.

The old St. Paul's was creaky, spooky and a little bit scary when I went to Sunday School as a nipper. I remember some details of the Sunday School room; tulip lamp shades and those top windows which were opened and closed by rope & pulley. Everything had a smell. Mostly of wood. The old ladies were very old through my eyes.

There was a dark grating nearby which the kids thought housed a bogeyman. We didn't know what a bogeyman was but knew that we were supposed to be scared of it and acted accordingly. Another scary thing was a nearby house with a statue of Christ just inside the open front door. It was only a statue but we did not feel comfortable about it.

Netherfield (middle and right) has a notable rose window but what is left of the graveyard is neglected. Penistone Info website says "1780s: Netherfield Chapel founded from an original gift of £25." PGS used a room there for drama classes in the 1960s.

Spring Vale Methodist Church
The original "Tin Chapel" was built in 1860 and replaced in 1927. This church is more or less opposite Spring Vale school. These shots were taken in March 2006 on the occasion of the Gateway Club's musical evening, for which I mass-produced DVDs. I took the chance to explore a little as I had never been in this place before and I was pleasantly surprised to find that it is a good traditional styled chapel (sorry - church) with a proper organ. See Spring Vale on my tour page.

Other Chapels
There are other Methodist church/chapels in Thurlstone, Millhouse Green and Ingbirchworth. Bullhouse Chapel has a very long history. Contact phone no. for all the ministries on this page is 01226 763202